German torpedo boat T26
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The German torpedo boat T26 was one of fifteen Type 39 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in early 1943, the boat was transferred to France in August. T26 helped to lay a minefield in the English Channel the following month, and later escorted a blockade runner through the Bay of Biscay. She participated in the Battle of Sept-Îles in October and was sunk two months later by a British light cruiser during the Battle of the Bay of Biscay.
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Sister ship T35 in US service, August 1945 | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | T26 |
Ordered | 10 November 1939 |
Builder | Schichau, Elbing, East Prussia |
Yard number | 1485 |
Laid down | 10 May 1941 |
Launched | 26 March 1942 |
Commissioned | 28 February 1943 |
Fate | Sunk, 28 December 1943 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Type 39 torpedo boat |
Displacement | |
Length | 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) o/a |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 3.22 m (10 ft 7 in) |
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Speed | 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph) |
Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 206 |
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